Now THERE'S a good Madison citizen. The stomper must have told the 'reporter' that the stompee was a supporter of Governor Walker, and of course that made the stomping all right - but the gun was unforgiveable.

I wonder what one of those singing liberals would have done? Start singing, of course..see how absurd that sounds.

No, no. As a liberal when presented with this situation you will either a) immediately snap into action trying to figure out just how our unjust system forced this poor guy into violent behavior and/or b) run around looking for help and screaming, "IS THERE A BITTER CLINGER IN THE HOUSE?"

The word you were seeking when talking to LE about use of a firearm is "Stop". As in "my policy is to make the aggressor stop his attempt to commit grievous bodily injury. It just so happened that stopping him entailed a 158 gr bullet to his head because I wanted to make certain the victim was not further injured."

Which is why Bob Owens felt that he needed a lawyer in his holster as well as a sidearm....

The attacker claims the woman lured him to his apartment on the promise of a romantic interlude then pulled a knife. The woman claims she was going to his apartment to use his cell phone when he...? chased her out to the hallway then started stomping on her head?

traditionalguy - They still do that in some parts of the west. I spent a summer working on a dude ranch outside of a tiny little town in Wyoming. The county both sat in had roughly 9 men to every woman. Sitting in a bar one night with two girlfriends and a lot of guys I asked "how is that this place doesn't just erupt into barfights every night"? Cowboy said "everyone's packin'". Ohhhh.

what i always understood was that you didn't point a weapon at a person you did not intend to shoot, and if you intended to shoot them you kept shooting until you had in fact shot them. if this meant that they got shot multiple times, well, so much the better.

also, "shooting to wound" is nonsense. shoot at the center of mass, and shoot till they're shot.

shooting somebody is the very last resort. but if it's necessary, make sure you shoot them.

There nothing mutually exclusive about what I said, "lethality is not always necessary" and the fact that a telescoping baton is potentially lethal. Are you suggesting that, like a firearm, one should only use a baton if one intends to kill? Never hit anything you don't want to kill?

I think you missed the point, for which you will be beaten severely (but not lethally) about the neck and shoulders.